AI Makes Old Expertise Cheap—and Creates More Expert Work Finishing What It Starts
every · x · 2026-09-19
A podcast thread from @danshipper and @branongell arguing that automation creates more work for experts. AI makes yesterday's expertise cheap: anyone with a prompt can now produce code, essays, or reports that used to require real skill. But outputs built on default prompts without specific context all look similar—"kind of right for the current situation, but not exactly right." That flood of near-expert work is exactly what drives demand for experts: not to produce the work, but to take something nearly right and get it over the finish line. The full episode covers how to stay employable in the age of agents.
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